Molecular Cloning of cDNA for Equine Follistatin and Its Gene Expression in the Reproductive Tissues of the Mare

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 201-207

  Sugawara, Yukihiro ^a   Yamanouchi, Keitaro ^a,c   Naito, Kunihiko ^a   Tachi, Chikashi ^b   Tojo, Hideaki ^a   Sawasaki, Toru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b AZABU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

cDNA; Equine; Follicle; Follistatin; Placenta

Indexed keywords

EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FOLLISTATIN; GLYCOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HORSE; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; RAT; SHEEP; SWINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; FOLLISTATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENITALIA, FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HORSES; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; RATS; SHEEP; SWINE;

EID: 0033092160     PISSN: 7653697     EISSN: 1782155X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1292/jvms.61.201     Document Type: Article

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